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(No Model.)

G.J.BRADLEY.

WHIP.

No. 423,725.. Patented Maryl, 1890.

lmneoo Y UNITED STATES lPATENT, EEICE CHARLES J. BRADLEY, OF VVESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,725, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed August 17,1889. Serial No. 321,059. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

' the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to the manufacture of whips, and especially to what are known as bone and part-bone whips, in which a greater or less portion of the whip is composed of whalebone.

It is the object of my invention to provide a whip in which whalebone is used in a man-` ner to secure all of the advantages incident thereto which bone whips have heretofore possessed, but which can be manufactured at a comparatively slight' cost, which cannot be broken in any use to which Whips are designed to be put, and which will not be affected by changes of temperature. A

To this end my invention consists in a Whip composed of a body portion or core of wood or other suitable material, and having applied thereto whalebone in the forni of a thin strip orstrips secured upon said body by the usual textile covering of the whip, or in other suitable manner, and extending continuously throughout all or the greater portion of the length of the whip, as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters designate like parts in the several figures, Figure l is a view of a whip constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the butt-end of a whip in which the whalebone is continued throughout the entire length of the whip. Fig. 3 shows the tip end of the same. Fig. 4c is a crosssection thereof.

The letter ct designates the body of the whip, which may be composed of wood, rat- Ytan, leather, rawhide, or other material suitable for the purpose, and which will be given the. proper taper from butt to tip in the usual manner.

The letter b designates the strips of Whalebone, which strips are fiat and very thin, as shown. The strips b are applied to body ct in such manner as to entirely or partially cover the surface thereof, and throughout the entire length of the Whip or a portion of its length merely, as may be desired. As shown, said strips are disposed lengthwise of the body and are of a decreasing width to conform to the decreasing diameter of the latter.

Y The IieXibility of the strips enables them to conform to the round surface of the body, thereby retaining the shape of the whip, and they are secured to said body by a windingcord, as shown, by the use of adhesive material, or in any suitable manner. The usual textile covering is then applied to the whip by braiding, said covering being designated by the letter c in Fig. 4.

I prefer to make the strips b of sufficient width and to use a sufficient number thereof to substantially cover the surface of the body ct in cross-section, as shown in Fig-4; but the distance between said strips couldbe increased without materially affecting the strength or elasticity of the whip. At the tip the extreme ends of the strips b will preferably be inclosed within the braided or other loop, which is formed upon the whip when the braided covering is applied thereto for the purpose of holding the snap, and'said loop is thereby insured against being detached from the whip.

As before stated, the strips b can extend throughout the entire length of the whip, as

represented in Figs. 2 and 3, thus forminga full-bone whip, or for a v'portion of the length thereof, as shown in Fig. l, as may be desired. The strips of whalebone thus utilized are or may be the shavings left in the vdressing of whalebone for use as dress-stays and in the various arts, which shavings have heretofore been thrown away as Waste. I am therefore able to procure said strips at a slight cost, and the cost ofthe time and labor required to secure the strips to th-e body a is but substantially one-fourth of that required in connection with bone center pieces, as hereinbefore described, so that the total cost of manufacture of the whip constructed according to my invention is very much less than which Whips are designed to be put. The strips being upon the outside of the body et, the tensile strain When the Whip is bent is taken from the latter by the former, so that the body is entirely protected from injury. 'The increasedelasticity of the several strips of bone causes the Whip to retain its normal v straightness until Worn out. The strips b, be-

ing of such a slight cross-sectional area, are not affected by changes in temperature, as yare the center pieces heretofore used, and the necessity of exercising care in the use of the Whip is avoided.

It Will thus be seen that by the lexercise of my invention I am able to produce abone Whip which is not only greatly superior to those heretofore made, but which can be man` ufactured at a greatly-reduced cost.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The Whip herein described, consist-ing of a core composed of elastic material and having applied thereto and extending continuously throughout all or a greater portion of the length thereof tapering strips of Whalebone secured to the core by a Wrapping, and having a suitable textile covering surrounding said strips, substantially as described.

CHARLES J. BRADLEY.

Vitnesses: n

W. H. CHAPMAN, J. E. CHAPMAN. 

